The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
From a viral danfo game to a million-player virtual Lagos and a Yoruba dating app, Nigerian developers are turning familiar experiences and cultural identity into digital products. A yellow danfo weaving through Lagos traffic, a virtual resident trying to make a living in the city, and a dating app built around Yoruba culture may appear…
The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai against the refusal of his bail by the Kaduna State High Court, leaving his release pending while he remains in custody over corruption charges. A three member panel led by Justice Onyekachi Aja Otisi took…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Federal Government to release the balance of its 2026 budget without delay, warning that the preparations for the 2027 general elections cannot stay on track unless the money arrives on time. INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday at a World…
The World Bank raised Nigeria’s 2026 economic growth forecast to 4.3 per cent on Tuesday, 6 October, projecting an expansion of 4.4 per cent annually across 2027 and 2028. The multilateral lender published the figures in its October 2026 Africa Economic Update in Washington, linking the upward revision from last year’s 4.0 per cent pace…
On World Teachers’ Day, the teachers we remember invite us to look more closely at the preparation, judgement and everyday lessons that continue to shape life beyond the classroom. In 1957, after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Albert Camus wrote to his former primary school teacher, Louis Germain. The writer credited Germain’s teaching…
Veteran Nigerian actor Ramsey Nouah has revealed that he has never won an Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA), despite his decades-long career in the Nigerian film industry. Nouah made the disclosure during an appearance on a podcast, where he reflected on his experience with the awards and his Best Actor nomination for the 2011…
Two separate aviation incidents in Nigeria exposes the acute vulnerabilities of air travel, sparking an urgent case for investing in safe, affordable, and sustainable passenger rail. Two separate aviation incidents in Nigeria have drawn attention to flight safety, after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, October…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day address on October 1, 2026, was built around a powerful political and economic proposition: Nigeria has endured the pain of reform, the worst of the adjustment is over, and the country is now entering an “age of prosperity”. It is an attractive proposition. But it raises a difficult question:…
New global research links excessive screen time to youth depression and obesity, urging parents to guide rather than ban digital media use for healthier child development. A clinical psychologist hands a teenager a prune during a session and asks for a reaction. The young patient tastes it, grimaces, and sets it aside without hesitation. Most…
The Central Bank of Nigeria mopped up 12.14 trillion naira in surplus cash from commercial banking vaults across the country throughout September 2026, mounting an unrelenting liquidity withdrawal to halt runaway consumer price inflation, suppress speculative currency runs, and protect the battered domestic legal tender from another disastrous collapse. Governor Olayemi Cardoso directed this aggressive…